It's a great truck for hauling from the field to the bin or to the local elevator. I can tell you what the odometer says, but I won't guarantee the miles because the dealer I bought it from didn't guarantee them to me.
Oh, and the tarp is junk. All it does is keep corn from rolling off the side quite as easily.
That's the summary, here's the story.
We traded a couple single axle straight trucks for this 10 wheeler a couple years ago. We were not satisfied with the way the bed would twist, especially if not loaded perfect or unloaded on not perfectly level ground. I mentioned at the local machine shop I was unhappy and Ralph said "I can fix that". He did. Ralph built a great scissor stabilizer for it.
Oh, one of my pet peeves is the brakes. For years we had trucks with cable parking suggestions (I wouldn't call them brakes) You'll notice new spring loaded cans on this.
When I hit the parking brake, it better not move.
It's not a highway truck. With some changes we are looking at it would be nice to have a truck better suited to going down the road easier to deliver grain . The Ford would do it, but it wouldn't be fun. In a moment of weakness at an auction this fall I nodded when I probably should have been shaking and bought 97 IH single axle tractor We've tossed around getting a short trailer or putting a second axle under the 97, lengthening the frame, and moving the bed and hoist from the Ford to it.
Ralph hopes you don't call.
I listed this late last year and got maybe 2 calls on it .. until last week when I got calls from Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio. So the clock is ticking. I'll be just as happy selling it as I will be using it for parts. If you want a good looking old truck ready to go to the field give me a call. If you wait until later this year it will be an organ donor by then. I've got more photos, will try and answer any question the best I can.
edit: I forgot to include the price: $11,000
We are 200 miles south of Chicago, 150 miles east of St Louis, 100 miles west of Indianapolis, and 100 miles north of Evansville.
Call me on my (sometimes flaky) cell phone at 217 822 4963 email me at mikebumpus at gmail dot com
